64 JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. X. 



They are obscure, and the sentence is unfinished, though 

 there is plenty of room for more lettering. 



4. — Inscription on the newly -discovered Stone Pillar to the 

 east of the Vishnu Dew die. 



(Text.) 



Sri Kalinga Lakeshwara Parakrama Bahu Wira Raja 

 Nissanka Malla Apratimala Chakrawartin wahanse boho 

 yajakayanta dan denu kaemaetiwae dakunu digin Kamboja 

 wasala ha uturu digin dawasei wana ha agala haema kota 

 naegena hirin simapawra ha basna hirin Nissanka samudreya 

 himi kotae. Meki satara himin atulehi uyanakkarawa satro 

 dhyanayayai nam taba Nissanka dana winoda mandapaya 

 pawra atulehi gas kola pitat wae tesu tan satra santaka kotae. 

 Me liyanae paluphala satreyen daneya ganna yajakayanta 

 mae ganut an kenekun tamanta anubhawayata wat tesu 

 pariddekin yamma wiadamakata wat nogannama sandaha 

 sita leka kele. Satruyen pita tesuyamma leseka mein sseka- 

 matreyaka tamataga wewayi anunta dun wewayi kawudu 

 balu wuwawwuayi kabal gat at aeti yajakayan ha samayoyi. 



(Beneath the last line is a drawing of a crow and under 

 it a drawing of a dog.) 



(Translation.) 



His Illustrious Majesty Kalinga Lankeswara Parakrama 

 Bahu Wiraraja Nissanka Malla Apratimalla Chakrawarti was 

 pleased to confer a boon on many beggars. He erected an 

 almshouse and gave it the name of Nissanka's almshouse 

 throughout the three kingdoms, and was pleased to bestow 

 ripe and unripe fruit of charity on such beggars as received 

 alms from it. The boundary on the south was the Kamboja 

 gate ; on the north the stone wdna together with the whole 

 of the moat ; on the east the boundary wall [of the city] ; 

 on the west the whole of Nissanka's ocean [i.e., Topawewa]. 

 He made a royal garden within these four boundaries, and 

 called it the royal garden of the almshouse ; with the 



